Apparatus for cooling storage rooms



July 28, 1925. 1,547,228

E. w. MOORE APPARATUS FOR COOLING STQRAGE ROOMS Filed April 16, 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Q by a N July 28, 1925. 1,547,228 A E. W. MOORE APPARATUS FOR COOLING STORAGE Rooms Filed April 16, 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented July 28, 1925,

EDWARD WEAVER MOORE, O'F BEDFORD, INDIANA.

APPARATUS FOR COOLING STQRAGE ROOMS Application filed April 16, 1925. Serial No. 23,732.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD W. Moons, a citizen or": the United States residing'at- Bedford, in the county of Lawrence and State of Indiana have invented certain new and useful 111:1 rovements in an Apparatus for Cooling Storage Rooms, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to apparatus for cooling storage rooms which are used for fruit.

The principal object of the invention is to provide an apparatus which is eiiicient in chilling fruit when it is stored after having been picked, and to maintain the fruit in this condition until it is shipped.

Another important object of the inven tion is to provide an apparatus of this nature which may be built in connection with a storage room at a very low cost because of its exceedingly simple structure.

Another very important object of the invention is to provide incombination'with a storage room, a cooling apparatus consisting of an ice chamber mounted to the outside of the building of the storage room and below the floor thereof and having therein a serpentine pipe with the lower portion perforated so as to suck the coldest air in from the ice chamber and means for delivering the cold air up into the storage room from the bottom thereof. 7

With the above and numerous other objects in view as will appear as the description proceeds the invention resides in certain novel features of construction, and in the combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the drawing Figure 1 is a top plan view of the building embodying the features of my invention.

FigureQ is a vertical section taken therethrough on an enlarged scale substantially on the line 2 20f Figure '1looking'in the direction of the arrows.

Figure 3 is a vertical section taken substantially on the line 33 of Figure 2,

Figure 1 is an enlarged detail section taken substantially on the line H of Figure 1,- and Figure 5 is a fragmentary enlarged longitudinal section through the lower portion of the serpentine pipe in the ice chamber Referring to the drawing in detail it will be seen that B designates a building having a plurality of storage rooms Stherein. This building B and its room S may be of any desired structure and formation. My improvementlies in the cooling apparatus associated therewith and for the purpose of illustration is shown associated with one room only, but of course can be extended to the other rooms, or to a larger building will be evident.

The ice chamber indicated generally by the letter A is constructed of four walls indicated by the numerals 5 formed of brick, concrete, or the like, and having associated therewth inner spaced walls 6 preferably constructed of wood. The spaces 7 between the walls 5 and 6 may preferably be filled with-shavings or the like. A central vertically extending con'ipartment is formed by a plurality or bars 8 and has mounted therein a serpentine pipe 9 substantially S shaped extending through the walls 5 and 6 at its upper end and at its lower end. Afan 10 oi any suitable formation is mounted in this serpentine pigs 9 and in the present instance is shown at the upper end there of which is the entrance end since the ice chamber formed in the ground and the entrance end is just above the ground. The

ground line is approximately indicated by the line 11. The lower run of the serpentine pipe 9 is perforated as at 12 (see Figure 5) and these perforations are guarded by shields 13. r

A super-structure C in the form of a barn or the like is built up over the walls 5, and includes a plurality of windows 14: and a sliding door 15 at the entrance there of. The bottom floor 16 of this super-structure C is hinged as at 17 so that the same may be opened as is indicated in dotted lines in Figure 3. A suitable hoisting apparatus 18 is mounted in the super-structure so that the ice may be easily let down into the ice compartments of the chamber A on each side of the bars H.

The floors 19 of the rooms S are perforated and the baskets 20 containing the fruit are rested thereon in the usual manner. A pipe 21 communicates with the bottom end of the serpentine pipe 9 and runs across the top of the floor 19. A plurality of branches 22 depend from the pipe 21 through the floor 19 and communicate with pipe sections 23 of a smaller diameter than the pipe 21. These pipe sections 23 extend below the rafters of the floor and are provided with valve controlled jets 24: extending upwardly so as to deliver the cool air to the fruit in the basket 20 through the perforations of the floor. It is preferable to provide control valves 25 in the pipe sections 23. A. pipe 26 leads from above the ground exteriorly of the chamber through the bottom portion thereof, and another pipe 27 leads from the bottom portion of the chamber through the walls 5 and 6 and terminates underneath the floor 19. 1V hen ice is positioned, as described, in the ice chamber A and the fan 10 is in operation it will be seen that the circulation of air will be created as indicated by'the arrows in Figure 2. This current of air will create a suction through the apertures 12 and suck in the cool air from the ice chamber for cooling the air in the seppentine pipe and delivering it through the pipe 21, branches 22, and pipe sections 23 to the rooms through the jets 24, thus chill ing the fruit and maintaining it in this condition as long as desirable.

I will be seen that the apparatus is of an exceedingly simple construction, and therefore may be installed very inexpensively in conjunction with the storage building around an orchard or the like. The present embodiment of the invention which I have described in detail has been disclosed merely by way of example in order to show an embodiment which will attain the features of advantage enumerated as desirable in the statement of the invention and the above description.

It will further be apparent that numerous changes in the details of construction, and in the combination and arrangement of parts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention as here inafter claimed or sacrificing any of its advantages.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1s:

1. An apparatus for cooling storage rooms including an ice chamber embedded in the ground, a serpentine pipe disposed in the ice chamber communicating with the extericr at its upper end and having its low er portion perforated, bars extended alongside of the serpentine pipe to form ice compartments in the chamber alongside of the serpentine pipe, and means for delivering cool air created in the serpentine pipe to a fruit storage building.

2. A cooling apparatus for a storage building including an ice chamber built into the ground, a serpentine pipe vertically disposed in the ice chamber communicating with the exterior at its up end, a fan in the serpentine pipe for sucking air through the upper end thereof, the lower portions of the serpentine pipe being apertured.

A cooling apparatus for a storage building including an ice chamber built into the ground, a serpentine pipe vertically disposed in the ice chamber communicating with the exterior at its upper end, a fan in the serpentine pipe for sucking air through the upper end thereof, the lower portions of the serpentine pipe being apertured, shields disposed in association with the apertures, bars extending vertically alongside of the serpentine pipe so as to prevent the ice from engaging dir ctly therewith.

A cooling apparatus for a storage building including an ice chamber built into the ground, a serpentine pipe vertically disposed in the ice chamber communicating with the exterior at its upper end, a fan in the serpentine pipe for sucking air through the upper end thereof, the lower portions of the scrpentine pipe being apertured, shields disposed in association with the apertures, bars extending vertically alongside of the ser aen tine pipe so as to prevent the ice fronr engaging directly therewith, the walls of said ice chamber being provided with an outer portion and an inner portion spaced therefrom.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

EDWARD lVEAVER MOORE.

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